Charles Stephen Vliet was born to Peter Timothy Vliet and Sarah Hensel on June 6, 1893, in Canton, Ohio; he was their youngest child. Charles, also known as Gogie in early life, lived his entire life in the Canton and Massillon, Ohio, area except for short stints as a "cowboy" in Gilmore, Idaho, around 1914 and 1915, and as a shipyard worker in Philadelphia, PA, between 1917 and 1918.
By the age of twenty in 1913, he had acquired experience as a pole setter and lineman, and learned telegraph operations working with his father who was superintendent for the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad; this confined work did not appeal to him.
He was a policeman in Canton, Ohio, from 1915 to 1917. Then, he worked in the Philadelphia shipyard in 1917 and 1918.
Charles married Merretta Clara Yost on March 12, 1918,in Philadelphia.
Merretta was the daughter of John L. and Anna (Maurer) Yost. Her father was a businessman who operated a shoe store named Yost & Lape on the city square in Canton, Ohio; and later on, he was in the insurance business.
Charles and Merretta were married for 53 years. They lived at 811 4th Street N.E. in Canton, prior to 1932. Afterwards, they lived their entire lives at 134 Harding Avenue, S.E., Massillon, Ohio, now known as Perry Heights.
Charles was drafted into the U.S. Army on November 11, 1918, to serve in World War I. As he prepared to leave, the war ended, and his draft call was cancelled. Charles and Merretta returned to Canton, Ohio, since Charles had already left the Philadelphia shipyard and work there would decline with the end of the war.
Afterward, Charles united with his childhood friends John Bauer and Earl Kelly to form the Bauer-Vliet-Kelly Company, later known as the Motor Delivery and Construction Company, a partnership; Charles served as treasurer. The business also included the franchise for the International Harvester Company trucks and parts.
The business was located on Spring Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Street N.E.in Canton. It's an empty lot today in 2013.
The partnership suffered severe hardship and a loss-of-capital after the Stock Market Crash in 1929 followed by the nationwide Bank Closure "Holiday" in 1932. Charles, the treasurer, deposited $20,000 in a Canton bank on the Friday before the bank closures on Monday, and the entire sum was lost. The lost $20,000 is equivalent to more than $600,000 today in 2013. They also relinquished the International Truck franchise.
Their primary business interest was subcontractors for installing paving brick surfaces on local streets and U.S. highways around Ohio and southern Michigan, primarily. They also paved the Holland Tunnel in New York City. Another notable job was paving Michigan Avenue, the main drag in Detroit, Michigan, where (solid) white brick was laid as lane dividers instead of painting lines on the roadway.
Paving brick was the surface of choice prior to the popularity of asphalt and concrete that superseded brick because the newer surfaces were less labor intensive and time consuming to completion.
However, in Canton, Ohio, today in 2012, the street department is trying to remove the asphalt and reclaim the original street brick surfaces, most of which were laid by the Bauer-Vliet-Kelly Company. Asphalt has become too expensive to maintain, it lacks durability over time, and it has to be planed off after time to reclaim curb height.
The partnership also specialized in off-highway hauling of concrete "batch" and culvert piping for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineer's flood control dams for the Muskingum Watershed Conversation District of northern and eastern Ohio; these dams helped control flooding on the lower Ohio and Mississippi River's.
After 1941, the partnership became asphalt paving contractor's until 1949 when the partnership was dissolved. Charles started his own business thereafter sealing and repairing asphalt in the Canton area, retiring in 1969 after relinquishing the business to his son Charles E. Vliet.
Obituary - The Canton Repository - Nov. 29, 1971
CHARLES VLIET, FORMER TRUCK OFFICIAL, DIES
Charles S. ("Gogie" Vliet, 78, of 134 Harding Ave. SE, Msssillon, died Sunday morning in the Mary Day nursing home. He had been in failinghealth two years.
A native of Canton, he had been secretary-treasurer of the former Bauer-Vliet-Kelly Co., later known as Motor Delivery And Construction Co. They had been franchise holders for the International Harvester Co., trucks and parts division. In 1944 he founded the Vliet Asphalt and Sealer Co., retiring in 1969.
He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and an ardent sportsman, particularly in amateur boxing and baseball.
Survivors include his wife, Merretta C. Vliet, with whom he celebrated a 54th wedding anniversary in March; two daughters, Mrs. Rollin McClain of Massillon, and Mrs. Paul McClellen of Aspen, Colo.; two sons, Donald P. and Charles E. Vliet, both of Canton; a sister, Mrs. Brownie Asadorian of Philadelphia, Pa.; 11 grandchildren and one great grandson.
Services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Reed funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday 6 to 9 p.m.
By the age of twenty in 1913, he had acquired experience as a pole setter and lineman, and learned telegraph operations working with his father who was superintendent for the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad; this confined work did not appeal to him.
He was a policeman in Canton, Ohio, from 1915 to 1917. Then, he worked in the Philadelphia shipyard in 1917 and 1918.
Charles married Merretta Clara Yost on March 12, 1918,in Philadelphia.
Merretta was the daughter of John L. and Anna (Maurer) Yost. Her father was a businessman who operated a shoe store named Yost & Lape on the city square in Canton, Ohio; and later on, he was in the insurance business.
Charles and Merretta were married for 53 years. They lived at 811 4th Street N.E. in Canton, prior to 1932. Afterwards, they lived their entire lives at 134 Harding Avenue, S.E., Massillon, Ohio, now known as Perry Heights.
Charles was drafted into the U.S. Army on November 11, 1918, to serve in World War I. As he prepared to leave, the war ended, and his draft call was cancelled. Charles and Merretta returned to Canton, Ohio, since Charles had already left the Philadelphia shipyard and work there would decline with the end of the war.
Afterward, Charles united with his childhood friends John Bauer and Earl Kelly to form the Bauer-Vliet-Kelly Company, later known as the Motor Delivery and Construction Company, a partnership; Charles served as treasurer. The business also included the franchise for the International Harvester Company trucks and parts.
The business was located on Spring Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Street N.E.in Canton. It's an empty lot today in 2013.
The partnership suffered severe hardship and a loss-of-capital after the Stock Market Crash in 1929 followed by the nationwide Bank Closure "Holiday" in 1932. Charles, the treasurer, deposited $20,000 in a Canton bank on the Friday before the bank closures on Monday, and the entire sum was lost. The lost $20,000 is equivalent to more than $600,000 today in 2013. They also relinquished the International Truck franchise.
Their primary business interest was subcontractors for installing paving brick surfaces on local streets and U.S. highways around Ohio and southern Michigan, primarily. They also paved the Holland Tunnel in New York City. Another notable job was paving Michigan Avenue, the main drag in Detroit, Michigan, where (solid) white brick was laid as lane dividers instead of painting lines on the roadway.
Paving brick was the surface of choice prior to the popularity of asphalt and concrete that superseded brick because the newer surfaces were less labor intensive and time consuming to completion.
However, in Canton, Ohio, today in 2012, the street department is trying to remove the asphalt and reclaim the original street brick surfaces, most of which were laid by the Bauer-Vliet-Kelly Company. Asphalt has become too expensive to maintain, it lacks durability over time, and it has to be planed off after time to reclaim curb height.
The partnership also specialized in off-highway hauling of concrete "batch" and culvert piping for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineer's flood control dams for the Muskingum Watershed Conversation District of northern and eastern Ohio; these dams helped control flooding on the lower Ohio and Mississippi River's.
After 1941, the partnership became asphalt paving contractor's until 1949 when the partnership was dissolved. Charles started his own business thereafter sealing and repairing asphalt in the Canton area, retiring in 1969 after relinquishing the business to his son Charles E. Vliet.
Obituary - The Canton Repository - Nov. 29, 1971
CHARLES VLIET, FORMER TRUCK OFFICIAL, DIES
Charles S. ("Gogie" Vliet, 78, of 134 Harding Ave. SE, Msssillon, died Sunday morning in the Mary Day nursing home. He had been in failinghealth two years.
A native of Canton, he had been secretary-treasurer of the former Bauer-Vliet-Kelly Co., later known as Motor Delivery And Construction Co. They had been franchise holders for the International Harvester Co., trucks and parts division. In 1944 he founded the Vliet Asphalt and Sealer Co., retiring in 1969.
He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and an ardent sportsman, particularly in amateur boxing and baseball.
Survivors include his wife, Merretta C. Vliet, with whom he celebrated a 54th wedding anniversary in March; two daughters, Mrs. Rollin McClain of Massillon, and Mrs. Paul McClellen of Aspen, Colo.; two sons, Donald P. and Charles E. Vliet, both of Canton; a sister, Mrs. Brownie Asadorian of Philadelphia, Pa.; 11 grandchildren and one great grandson.
Services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Reed funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday 6 to 9 p.m.
Charles Stephen Vliet was born to Peter Timothy Vliet and Sarah Hensel on June 6, 1893, in Canton, Ohio; he was their youngest child. Charles, also known as Gogie in early life, lived his entire life in the Canton and Massillon, Ohio, area except for short stints as a "cowboy" in Gilmore, Idaho, around 1914 and 1915, and as a shipyard worker in Philadelphia, PA, between 1917 and 1918.
By the age of twenty in 1913, he had acquired experience as a pole setter and lineman, and learned telegraph operations working with his father who was superintendent for the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad; this confined work did not appeal to him.
He was a policeman in Canton, Ohio, from 1915 to 1917. Then, he worked in the Philadelphia shipyard in 1917 and 1918.
Charles married Merretta Clara Yost on March 12, 1918,in Philadelphia.
Merretta was the daughter of John L. and Anna (Maurer) Yost. Her father was a businessman who operated a shoe store named Yost & Lape on the city square in Canton, Ohio; and later on, he was in the insurance business.
Charles and Merretta were married for 53 years. They lived at 811 4th Street N.E. in Canton, prior to 1932. Afterwards, they lived their entire lives at 134 Harding Avenue, S.E., Massillon, Ohio, now known as Perry Heights.
Charles was drafted into the U.S. Army on November 11, 1918, to serve in World War I. As he prepared to leave, the war ended, and his draft call was cancelled. Charles and Merretta returned to Canton, Ohio, since Charles had already left the Philadelphia shipyard and work there would decline with the end of the war.
Afterward, Charles united with his childhood friends John Bauer and Earl Kelly to form the Bauer-Vliet-Kelly Company, later known as the Motor Delivery and Construction Company, a partnership; Charles served as treasurer. The business also included the franchise for the International Harvester Company trucks and parts.
The business was located on Spring Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Street N.E.in Canton. It's an empty lot today in 2013.
The partnership suffered severe hardship and a loss-of-capital after the Stock Market Crash in 1929 followed by the nationwide Bank Closure "Holiday" in 1932. Charles, the treasurer, deposited $20,000 in a Canton bank on the Friday before the bank closures on Monday, and the entire sum was lost. The lost $20,000 is equivalent to more than $600,000 today in 2013. They also relinquished the International Truck franchise.
Their primary business interest was subcontractors for installing paving brick surfaces on local streets and U.S. highways around Ohio and southern Michigan, primarily. They also paved the Holland Tunnel in New York City. Another notable job was paving Michigan Avenue, the main drag in Detroit, Michigan, where (solid) white brick was laid as lane dividers instead of painting lines on the roadway.
Paving brick was the surface of choice prior to the popularity of asphalt and concrete that superseded brick because the newer surfaces were less labor intensive and time consuming to completion.
However, in Canton, Ohio, today in 2012, the street department is trying to remove the asphalt and reclaim the original street brick surfaces, most of which were laid by the Bauer-Vliet-Kelly Company. Asphalt has become too expensive to maintain, it lacks durability over time, and it has to be planed off after time to reclaim curb height.
The partnership also specialized in off-highway hauling of concrete "batch" and culvert piping for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineer's flood control dams for the Muskingum Watershed Conversation District of northern and eastern Ohio; these dams helped control flooding on the lower Ohio and Mississippi River's.
After 1941, the partnership became asphalt paving contractor's until 1949 when the partnership was dissolved. Charles started his own business thereafter sealing and repairing asphalt in the Canton area, retiring in 1969 after relinquishing the business to his son Charles E. Vliet.
Obituary - The Canton Repository - Nov. 29, 1971
CHARLES VLIET, FORMER TRUCK OFFICIAL, DIES
Charles S. ("Gogie" Vliet, 78, of 134 Harding Ave. SE, Msssillon, died Sunday morning in the Mary Day nursing home. He had been in failinghealth two years.
A native of Canton, he had been secretary-treasurer of the former Bauer-Vliet-Kelly Co., later known as Motor Delivery And Construction Co. They had been franchise holders for the International Harvester Co., trucks and parts division. In 1944 he founded the Vliet Asphalt and Sealer Co., retiring in 1969.
He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and an ardent sportsman, particularly in amateur boxing and baseball.
Survivors include his wife, Merretta C. Vliet, with whom he celebrated a 54th wedding anniversary in March; two daughters, Mrs. Rollin McClain of Massillon, and Mrs. Paul McClellen of Aspen, Colo.; two sons, Donald P. and Charles E. Vliet, both of Canton; a sister, Mrs. Brownie Asadorian of Philadelphia, Pa.; 11 grandchildren and one great grandson.
Services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Reed funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday 6 to 9 p.m.
By the age of twenty in 1913, he had acquired experience as a pole setter and lineman, and learned telegraph operations working with his father who was superintendent for the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad; this confined work did not appeal to him.
He was a policeman in Canton, Ohio, from 1915 to 1917. Then, he worked in the Philadelphia shipyard in 1917 and 1918.
Charles married Merretta Clara Yost on March 12, 1918,in Philadelphia.
Merretta was the daughter of John L. and Anna (Maurer) Yost. Her father was a businessman who operated a shoe store named Yost & Lape on the city square in Canton, Ohio; and later on, he was in the insurance business.
Charles and Merretta were married for 53 years. They lived at 811 4th Street N.E. in Canton, prior to 1932. Afterwards, they lived their entire lives at 134 Harding Avenue, S.E., Massillon, Ohio, now known as Perry Heights.
Charles was drafted into the U.S. Army on November 11, 1918, to serve in World War I. As he prepared to leave, the war ended, and his draft call was cancelled. Charles and Merretta returned to Canton, Ohio, since Charles had already left the Philadelphia shipyard and work there would decline with the end of the war.
Afterward, Charles united with his childhood friends John Bauer and Earl Kelly to form the Bauer-Vliet-Kelly Company, later known as the Motor Delivery and Construction Company, a partnership; Charles served as treasurer. The business also included the franchise for the International Harvester Company trucks and parts.
The business was located on Spring Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Street N.E.in Canton. It's an empty lot today in 2013.
The partnership suffered severe hardship and a loss-of-capital after the Stock Market Crash in 1929 followed by the nationwide Bank Closure "Holiday" in 1932. Charles, the treasurer, deposited $20,000 in a Canton bank on the Friday before the bank closures on Monday, and the entire sum was lost. The lost $20,000 is equivalent to more than $600,000 today in 2013. They also relinquished the International Truck franchise.
Their primary business interest was subcontractors for installing paving brick surfaces on local streets and U.S. highways around Ohio and southern Michigan, primarily. They also paved the Holland Tunnel in New York City. Another notable job was paving Michigan Avenue, the main drag in Detroit, Michigan, where (solid) white brick was laid as lane dividers instead of painting lines on the roadway.
Paving brick was the surface of choice prior to the popularity of asphalt and concrete that superseded brick because the newer surfaces were less labor intensive and time consuming to completion.
However, in Canton, Ohio, today in 2012, the street department is trying to remove the asphalt and reclaim the original street brick surfaces, most of which were laid by the Bauer-Vliet-Kelly Company. Asphalt has become too expensive to maintain, it lacks durability over time, and it has to be planed off after time to reclaim curb height.
The partnership also specialized in off-highway hauling of concrete "batch" and culvert piping for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineer's flood control dams for the Muskingum Watershed Conversation District of northern and eastern Ohio; these dams helped control flooding on the lower Ohio and Mississippi River's.
After 1941, the partnership became asphalt paving contractor's until 1949 when the partnership was dissolved. Charles started his own business thereafter sealing and repairing asphalt in the Canton area, retiring in 1969 after relinquishing the business to his son Charles E. Vliet.
Obituary - The Canton Repository - Nov. 29, 1971
CHARLES VLIET, FORMER TRUCK OFFICIAL, DIES
Charles S. ("Gogie" Vliet, 78, of 134 Harding Ave. SE, Msssillon, died Sunday morning in the Mary Day nursing home. He had been in failinghealth two years.
A native of Canton, he had been secretary-treasurer of the former Bauer-Vliet-Kelly Co., later known as Motor Delivery And Construction Co. They had been franchise holders for the International Harvester Co., trucks and parts division. In 1944 he founded the Vliet Asphalt and Sealer Co., retiring in 1969.
He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and an ardent sportsman, particularly in amateur boxing and baseball.
Survivors include his wife, Merretta C. Vliet, with whom he celebrated a 54th wedding anniversary in March; two daughters, Mrs. Rollin McClain of Massillon, and Mrs. Paul McClellen of Aspen, Colo.; two sons, Donald P. and Charles E. Vliet, both of Canton; a sister, Mrs. Brownie Asadorian of Philadelphia, Pa.; 11 grandchildren and one great grandson.
Services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Reed funeral home. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday 6 to 9 p.m.
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